Deliver Us from Evil (2014)

Thanks for the memories!

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Based on the 2001 book Beware the Night by Ralph Sarchie and Lisa Collier Cool, this film claims that it was inspired by the actual accounts of an NYPD sergeant, a throwback to 1970's Satanic film. Directed by Scott Derrickson (Dr. Strange, Sinister), it's a stylish modern take on those films and their various tropes.Where those 70's shockers dealt with the spectre of Vietnam and society's changing views of religion, this film takes the PTSD afflicted survivors of Iraq and posits occult reasons for their suicidal and murderous urges. NYPD office Raphie Sarchie (Eric Bana, Hulk) and partner Butler (Joel McHale, Community) work the dangerous streets of the 46th precinct, a place where the veteran office recounts finding dead infants in dumpsters and real-life horror in every alley.A domestic disturbance call brings them into the world of Jimmy Tratner, a marine that has beaten his wife and whose home has scratch marks all over it. They assume that the man is on drugs or has gone insane as they make an arrest.Before they get a chance to rest, they're called to the Bronx Zoo, where a woman literally threw her son to the lions. The power is down, a stranger painter has released the lions that he talks to and the woman scratches at the ground reciting lyrics from The Doors (an interesting inclusion due to the witchcraft behind their lyrics, such as the inversion of Morrison's name to Mr. Mojo Risin and the Boys from Brazil urban legend of multiple Morrisons being alive all at the same time).The woman from the zoo is transferred to a mental health facility and her family asks that a Jesuit named Mendoza help, which leads to us learning that Ralph has issues with religion.Another call to a house where a family will not leave the living room leads to a possessed basement where that woman's husband, David Griggs, was a painter. His dead body — filled with maggots and flies — emerges from a wall in a great scare. They learn that Santino, a Marine commander, was the painter at the zoo. This scene is rich with occult imagery — strange voices, lightbulbs being instantly extinguished and static coming from the police band.As Ralph gets deeper into the case, he discovers hidden owl iconography, Doors lyrics and more static at each crime scene. There are some effective slices of gruesomeness here, such as the look of Santino and strange bursts of gore, like a crucified cat. And the horror has followed him home, haunting his daughter.After deciding to work with Mendoza, they learn that Ralph has an instinctive radar for the dark side. The three men track Santino and Jimmy. The former overcomes and kills Butler (who did not die in the original cut of the film) and the latter is stopped by the power of a crucifix.Santino escapes, taking Ralph's wife and daughter hostage. An exorcism is performed and all works out fine, including Ralph's return to the Catholic faith as he baptizes his second child.Deliver Us from Evil suggests the start of a new Insidious style franchise, which didn't happen, but still leaves us with a modern take on The Exoricst. It's more stylish and somewhat better than you'd expect, which has led to frequent rewatching in the B and S About Movies household. That says volumes, as most modern horror is barely mentioned in this homestead!Read more at http://bit.ly/2hDnwpo

"Deliver Us from Evil" is meaningful for me because it is similar story with a man who served in military in Caucasus and it seems is suffering from the same symptoms as the guys who was in Iraq.The scene of exorcism powerfully portrayed and whole film is a good suspense. Thanks a lot to producers for creating this example how evil could be overcame by humans with faith.Impressed how the priest confessing his own sins to his police friend - and encourages him to get rid of the darkness of his soul simultaneously.Thank you very much again for doing such a great job!

A cop investigates a series of disturbing events and finds himself caught up in religious superstition. As the plot unfolds, he further becomes psychologically distressed as well as having his family life suffer. He further investigates with the police force, a few people get hurt and otherwise some currently possessed survivors also tell their tale.It's not that great of a plot, and to be honest there are better horror movies out there. The movie is meant to come off as a thriller – a cop faces the supernatural and his own psychology, but in fact it is realistic in the bitter department. There is largely no winning by anyone here, it is just another day on the force, business as usual in the lives of others, and evil will keep prancing around possessing victims. The movie plays heavily on the psychology of a cop, what it is like to be part of the force, and the psychological tension and stress that ensues when mid- investigation.If you like heist films or the religious and occult, this movie may be what you are looking for; drama and tension can also be felt throughout the film. However, those that are into horror and need their fix will want to look elsewhere.Originally posted to Orion Age (http://www.orionphysics.com/? p=7006).

Sinister seemed to scare a lot of people, yet I found myself bored by a lot of the attempts. Then when I heard about Deliver Us From Evil, I had an End of Days sense of things, judging from the trailer. Derrickson is no stranger to exorcist/possession style films. An earlier hit of his was The Exorcism of Emily Rose. This time, he goes a bit more grittier and a bit more bloodier.Eric Bana is a detective, his partner is miscast Joel McHale, together they try to solve a series of mysterious crimes. He reluctantly includes a priest who seems to know a few answers regarding the odd quirks of some of these criminals. When reflecting on this film, the one thing that comes to my mind is - great make-up effects. The possessed people, especially during the interrogation scene, is spectacular. The shortcomings of the film seem to be everything else. Bana tries his hardest to be a tough cop from the Bronx, but it doesn't work. His accent is too distracting. Even more distracting is comedian Joel McHale who seems to be a specialist with knives. The film gives Oliva Munn, the thankless role of being Bana's wife. All she does the entire film is complain how he isn't there for his family. This film is predominately a male populated flick. The females here have nothing to contribute, which is a shame because I feel that Munn is actually quite talented. She just needs to right vehicle for her career. Sean Harris, you might recognize him as the bad guy from the recent Mission Impossible film, Rogue Nation, is one of the possessed 'bad guys'. I feel like his career should be taking off soon enough, if this film does anything for him it makes his resume look diverse.The marketing team will have you believe this is based off true events. This is a lie.While there is indeed a man, played by Bana, who actually exists. A man who reportedly did deal with paranormal investigations and even wrote a book about it, the story given to us in this film is not one of those he wrote about. Instead, it is entirely fabricated and uses his name to promote that "inspired by" tag. Misleading? Sure. Then again, every tag that gives us that is a bit misleading, but I just feel that this takes it to a whole other level.Yes, we all know Derrickson can create a creepy atmosphere. He's done it before, but Deliver Us From Evil cannot capitalize on it. At certain parts of the film, it felt like a totally different picture. Everything that deals with his daughter feels right out of Poltergeist. What's it doing in an exorcism film? To say this film fails to deliver, is an understatement.